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J. PERKINS & W. H. BURNE'T. APPARATUS FOR RBFINING AND DISTILLING PETROLEUM.

- No.47,125. Patented Apr.4, 1865.

UNITED STATES "PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES PERKINS AND WILLIAM H. BURNET, O F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR REFINING AND DlSTiLLlNG PETROLEUM.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 47,l25, dated April 4, 1865.

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JAMES PERKINS and WILLIAM H. BURNET, of the city of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Refining or Distilling Petroleum and other Products; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, ref crence being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of the specification.

The nature of our invention consists in the introduction and use in the apparatus, in connection with the main receiver, of one or more separate and independentreceivers, into which the petroleum to be refined is first introduced, and from which, by meansof steam or other sufficient heat, the lighter oilsand gasessuch as naphtha and benzineare evolved or liberated, the whole apparatus taken together opcrating to permit of a constant and uninterrupted process of refining the petroleum or other products.

Our invention further consists in the introduction and use, in the main receiver, of an agitator and cleanser worked by power, for the purpose of both agitating the petroleum to facilitate evaporation, and also to clean the bottom and sides of the receiver in the manner shown.

Our invention further consists in the, attachment and use, in connection with the said receiver, of an exhaust-pump or exhaust-pumps to accelerate the evaporation by the removal of pressure from the receivers.

In the drawings, A is the reservoir containing the crude petroleum or other products to be refined. B is the pump by which the petroleum is elevated into the receiver 0. G is for the purpose of liberating and disposing of the lighter oils and gases, such as naphtha and benzine. This is done by the heat of steam introduced into the steam-jacket D around 0.

The naphtha and benzine pass'from O in vapor through the condenser E, and being there' condensed are at last discharged through the pipe F, the whole process being facilitated by the use of the exhaust-pump H. The petroleumin O (the naphtha and benfine being separated therefrom) is now discharged or permitted to flow into the main receiver K, where it is subjected to the heat of the furnace L; or, if desired, steam may be emplofid in the same manner as at G. The receiver or pipe M underneath K, and forming a part thereof, is for the purpose of collecting and removing the residuum and sediment of the. potroleum. The collection and deposit .of the residuum and sediment are facilitatedand forced by the action of the rotary or other agitator or stirrer, N, which, may be made and applied in any desired form or way as experience may show to be best, and if found useful the same may be introduced into and used in the receiver 0 also. wings of N operate to. agitate the petroleum, and so to facilitate evaporation and prevent foaming, whereas the lower wings of N operate more directly to cleanse the bottom of the receiver and to collect and force (being set and shaped for that purpose) the sediment and residuum into the lower pipe or receiver, M,

from which it may at any time be discharged or withdrawn without putting out the fire or otherwise interrupting the process of refining the oil. Asthe process goes on, the petrole- I111], in the form a vapor, passes from the re ceiver K through the condenser O, and is discharged in a condensed form at p, the exhaustpump R operating, as in the case of the receiver O, to facilitate the evaporation by removing the pressure from the, receiver K.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secu re by Letters Patent of the United States, 1s

M, substantially in the manner and for the purposes described.

2. The combination of the parts 0, E, K, N, and O, substantially in the manner and for the purposes described.

3. The use of the exhaust-pumpsl-I and li, in combination with the distilling and condensing apparatus described, substantially in the manner andfor'the purposes set forth- JAMES PERKINS.- WILLIAM H. BURN ET.

Witnesses:

DANIEL F. TOMPKINS. ELIAS TAYLOR.

As shown in the drawings, the upper 1. The combination of thereceivers O and K with the agitator N and sediment-receiver 

